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Map Shows Russian Warship Escorting Cargo Vessel off NATO Ally's Coast • Mar. 6, 2025, 5:06 AM ET (Newsweek)
UK's Royal Navy monitors Russian warship, latest to sail through Channel • Mar. 5, 2025, 4:58 AM ET (Reuters)
King makes rare trip to Royal Navy warship at sea • Mar. 4, 2025, 8:38 AM ET (The Telegraph)
HMS Bounty auction sale leaves Royal Navy 'disappointed' • Feb. 26, 2025, 7:20 AM ET (BBC)
The Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group is a hollow force • Feb. 17, 2025, 9:05 PM ET (The Telegraph)

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Also Known As RN
Areas Of Involvement naval warfare • defense
Related People Sir John Franklin • Charles III • Prince Andrew, duke of York • Rupert Brooke • Joseph Mallalieu • Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson

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Royal Navy, The
Anglo-Dutch Wars
HMS Inflexible; battleship
HMS Orion; dreadnought
Falkland Islands War
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